So Judas, our initial gut-busting suspect, was last seen throwing the blood money into the temple sanctuary and then later found strangled in an obvious (and successful) suicide attempt. It’s very unlikely that he took any time to shop for real estate, and he certainly wasn’t the one ...
And we all looked, and Jesus was right. There came Judas, surrounded by the temple guard. This didn’t look good. Slowly, I reached underneath my tunic for the sword I had strapped on there earlier. If they tried to do anything to Jesus, I was going to split a few heads. I was ...
First,therewerethereligiousleaders.TheywerejealousofJesus’ popularityandthreatenedbyHispowerandauthority.TheyhatedHim. Next,therewasJudas—thedeludeddisciplewhothoughtthatthirty piecesofsilverwasafairpricetobetrayhismaster.Hecommittedsuicide eventually. PilatealsoplayedaroleatJesus’trial.Hewastheweak-willedgoverno...
when the hit TV show “Friends” told us that they would be there for us, our culture has sought to create friendship groups that are like family. We’ve created new words to describe this concept.The Macmillian dictionary says that, “Framily is a new social group underpinned by the prin...
To be clear, this was a reference to the number of church buildings, not the number of denominations or congregations. And honestly I had no real idea. There are currently between 2.3 and 2.5 billion Christians in the world, about a third of the total global population. While this includes...
But, the Bible isn't that way. Neither is Jesus Drank, Judas Repented and God Divorced His Bride. If you do an objective study of the contents of the Bible, you'll discover that God can be quite a difficult God. While much of Christ popularity came from the miracles he performed, ...
transformingtoeverypeoplegroupontheplanet.Thereisnoonethatdoes nothaveaforgivenessissuethatneedstoberesolved. ForgivenesstrulyisGod’smasterkey.Itisthemostpowerfullife- transformingtoolthatwehave.Itisnotonlythekeytotherestorationof ourrelationshipwithGod,butitisalsothekeytohealingfromthe ...